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单词 encyst
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encystv.

Brit. /ɛnˈsɪst/, U.S. /ɛnˈsɪst/
Etymology: < en- prefix1 + cyst n.
transitive. To enclose in a cyst, capsule, or bag; only in past participle and reflexive. Also absol. or intransitive.
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the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > indentation or cavity > [verb (transitive)] > form or enclose in bag-like part
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1845 G. Budd On Dis. Liver 272 Gall-stones in the substance of the liver..are often encysted.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 67 Shell represented by two short styles, encysted in the substance of the mantle.
1882 Nature XXVI The cercaria..soon came to rest, showing a tendency to encyst itself on surrounding objects.
1896 tr. Boas' Zool. 86 A great many forms..have the power of encysting.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) VI. 439/2 The ability of protozoans to encyst is at least one of the reasons for their world-wide distribution.
figurative.1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xii. 418 Even in Pindar, moral mysticism is, as it were, encysted, like an alien deposit, in the more vital substance of aesthetic conceptions.
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